£6,000
DOUCAI 'DRAGON' BOWL
CHENGHUA MARK, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
the exterior painted with four scaly five-clawed dragons, two in red and the others in green, amidst flame scrolls and leaping out from a band of turbulent crested waves, the interior decorated with a further five-clawed dragon
19cm diam
PROVENANCE: From a Private Wiltshire Collection, acquired from Woolley & Wallis circa 1970's.
Several minor rim nibbles, otherwise ok.
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30% inc VAT*
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33.6% inc VAT*